Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't see her in the dark , but from the hushed swell of her breathing I could draw you the map of her body . |
| 2 | ‘ I could cook you the same food for a quarter of the price . |
| 3 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
| 4 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 5 | Well , I 'm s sure if you wanted to I could give you the paint and you can do it for me . |
| 6 | I well I could tell you the inside story of that but I 'm not going to but I will tell the outside , the public story . |
| 7 | we put people off going , so I 'm not saying anything about it , not erm , I do n't , I mean , I do n't , I could say what the story of Major Barbara is , but then it 's not in any of the printed pamphlets for sighted people , therefore , should I , what should I do Cathy I do n't know |
| 8 | ‘ I could ask you the same . ’ |
| 9 | It has become apparent on some of the issues , some of the comments that we made that was if I could call it the you 'll know what we 're talking about and I do n't if we are talking about the there was there was a point somewhere where talked about ing an increase or short of journey time along the ring road and this has been taken as I understand to be that we are setting out an increase of speed er traffic on the sections of road to a junction and that 's totally in force and it was either . |
| 10 | What was more , I could understand what the men were saying ; although their accents were strange , their French was perfectly comprehensible . |
| 11 | Perhaps if I could remember them the whole mystery would be solved . |
| 12 | Once they had spent an enjoyable week in Bath and on another occasion he had suggested going to Cornwall so that she could show him the house where she was brought up . |
| 13 | If only she could tell him the truth . |
| 14 | ‘ Emma saw her in Bamford and asked her if she could send her the book to sign and Harriet said yes , of course . |
| 15 | So far not a word had been spoken and if she could manage it the girl would not even know tomorrow . |
| 16 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 17 | ‘ Craark ! ’ it said , and to Mildred 's delight , she found that she could understand what the creature meant . |
| 18 | Lucy was no saint , but she could forgive him the rough handling . |
| 19 | She could forgive him the anger , she could forgive him the names . |
| 20 | She could forgive him the anger , she could forgive him the names . |
| 21 | Chesarynth wasted precious moments on amazement that she could appreciate something the powerful woman could not . |
| 22 | Within a few seconds , her eyes had compensated , and she could see what the Doctor meant . |
| 23 | And so that you could send them the information about it all , and then James is just talking into the camera , saying , oh I 'm really glad that this is happening , the band 's gon na be really happy , finally we 're on our way , bla bla , and then it ends . |
| 24 | Well , this voucher scheme sounds like it could be worth the 12 quid alone … any chance you could fax me the application form Gavin ? |
| 25 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 26 | okay , if you could tell us the scenario , read the scenario to us and then read the press release please . |
| 27 | So d' you think you could tip her the wink an' tell her I 've got back early ? |
| 28 | Well if he was sleeping you could leave him the car . |
| 29 | If you could show me the way out- ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |